Playing at Politics
The political rhetoric in the 2008 election was enough to make many Americans roll their eyes or perhaps...
Read All About It
If you are a fan of a good read, ask it’s worth noting that the annual Texas Book...
The Big Show
A new big top production from the internationally-renowned Cirque du Soleil is flying high in downtown Dallas through...
An Overnight Sensation
It is the stuff of dreams. Understudy goes on at the last minute. Important performance. Internationally broadcast over...
ARTifacts: October 2012
On Friday night, October 19, 2012, something amazing will happen in downtown Dallas: buildings will become projection screens; streets and courtyards will morph into art galleries; and steel, glass, and concrete will pulse and reverberate, transforming The Dallas Arts District’s 19-square blocks into a mega-surround-sound system [...]
A Reflection of Chinese Culture
While Dallas doesn’t have a Chinatown, this year’s State Fair is going to add a surprising new feature — a Festival of Chinese Lanterns. Moreover, it’s being accomplished with an out-sized scale and flair that’s, well, Texas-sized. Dragon-oriented décor has been part of the Chinese culture for centuries [...]
The Greatest Names in American Art
Opening October 6, 2012 at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection is a landmark exhibition tracing American art from the 1890s to the 1960s. It’s the first time this impressive collection from the esteemed institution [...]
Diego Velázquez: Painter of Painters
When Algur Meadows bequeathed his collection of Spanish paintings to create a “Prado on the Prairie,” he could not have foreseen that his namesake institution, the Meadows Museum, would become a significant partner with the Prado Museum in Madrid. This autumn marks the third and [...]
Art as a Lifeline to Healing
Art heals. This is probably not news to you by virtue of the fact that you are reading...
A Museum Milestone
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth is opening the vaults this fall to display the largest exhibition...
Gaudium Dance: Bringing Joy
Gina Lee and her newish outfit of dancers, the Gaudium Dance Company, are set to premiere their first...
Review: Otello at Opera in the Heights
Gold medallions, dapper suits, and a man snorting heroin set the new scene of Gioachino Rossini’s Otello. Though still a tragic tale of a father’s prejudice and a daughter’s sense of duty, it is opera’s Scarface. Rossini’s Otello is the first of two Houston opera premieres in Oh!’s [...]